Unmanned Aircraft Division Dedicated To Autonomous Aircraft Robinson Helicopter formally launched an unmanned aircraft division on Tuesday at VERTICON. The company said the separate Robinson Unmanned business unit will be dedicated to “the development and support of a full suite of remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft” that includes modified models of its R44 and R66 helicopters and its Ascent line of coaxial rotor unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Robinson has provided its helicopter airframes to a variety of companies for remotely piloted modifications since 1999, largely on an experimental or demonstration basis, including to Boeing and UAVOS with the R22.
